Reclining cot or lounge.



PATBNTED MAR. l, 1904. A. E. WHITE j& W. MILLER.

REGLINING GOT 0R LOUNGE. APPLICIATIQN FILED M411. 18. 1 903.

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I mjwehwvl'ia 11168868 I 4f a d J' UNITED STATES Patented March I, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR E. WHITE AND WEBB MILLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAID- MILLERASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO SAID WHITE.

RECLINING COT OR LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,815, dated March 1,1904.

Application filed March 18, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR E. WHITE and WEBB MILLER, citizens of theUnited States, both residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful ImprovementinReclining Cots or Lounges, of which the following is a specification.This invention relates to that type of reclining cots or lounges inwhich a base, usually consisting of two side rails united one to theother by cross or tie pieces, has attached thereto at one end of eachside rail a spring in the shape of a coil and which is extended tooverlie the base and furnish a side rail for the attachment of canvas orother backing, on which the mattress is laid and supported.

The special features of the present invention pertain to theconstruction of the base as regards the connection of the side rails ofthe base by the cross ties or pieces so as to make a rigid base; and afurther object of the invention relates to the manner of securing thespring for each side rail of the mattress-frame to its end of thebase-rail and to the special manner of retaining the mattress on theside rails of its supporting-frame.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinationsof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the base and theframe which carries the mattress; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the baseand the mattress-supporting frame or arms with the mattress in position;Fig. 3, a cross-section of the base, showing the manner of connectingthe crossties or pieces with the side rails of the base; Fig. 4,a'detail in section, showing the manner of attaching the spring end ofeach side rail of the mattressframe to the end of the side rail of thebase; and Fig. 5, a detail showing the corner-pockets at the head end ofthe mattress for detachably connecting the mattress'to the side rails ofits frame or support.

The yieldable or spring frame which carries the mattress is composed oftwo side rails or arms. Each side rail or arm of the mattress frame orsupport has an end a, which is Serial No. 148,385. on, inodelJ' straightand extending from which is a coil 12, which, is turned a little morethan a complete circle and is located as to its coil portion inside ofthe inner face of the attached enda. The coil 6 at or about itshorizontal center line, as at the point 0, is enlarged in the diameterof its circle and continues as a curved end d, uniting the side rail orbar a of the frame or support for the mattress with the coil 5, so thatthe side rail or bar 6 will have a yield or spring thereto from-theresiliency of the coil 6, which gives and takes with the application ofpressure or Weight to the side rail or bar and with the release of thepressure or weight on the side rail or bar, the spring action being auniform one, extending over the entire circle of the coil 6 from itsstart to its finish.

Each side of the-cot or lounge has an attaching end a, a coil 6, and aside rail or bar 6, with the peculiarities just described, and theseside arms or rails are spaced the required distance apart for the widthof the cot or lounge lgy the spacing apart of the side rails of the ase.

The head end of the mattress support or frame has the ends of the siderails or arms 0 united one to the other by a cross-rod f, thev andlocked in place by side screws f or otherwise, rigidly uniting orconnecting the head end of the side rails or arms one to the other. Thefoot end of the side rails or arms are joined one to the other by aconnecting-rod g, the ends of which are entered into sockets g, one oneach side rail or arm and adjustable thereon and when adjusted held inposition by set-screws g or otherwise, rigidly tying or uniting the twoside rails or arms one to the other at the foot end.

The base is formed of two side rails h, preferably of wood, and the twoside rails are united one to the other by cross ties or pieces 2',preferably of metal, each cross tie or piece having at each end ascrew-threaded stem j, on the end of which is entered a nut which iscountersunk into the outer face of the rail and by which the side railsof the base the base-rail, a coil continuing from the lower end and aside rail continuing from the coil and having an upward inclination, anda covering extending from side rail to side rail of the mattress-frameand from the cross-ties or end pieces at each end of the mattress-frame,substantially as described.

2. In a cot or lounge, a base consisting of two side rails, cross-tiesor end pieces, each cross-tie or end piece having at each end a threadedstem, a nut on each stem and countersunk into the outer face of the siderail, and a perforated guard or protector on the end of each side rail,in combination with a mattresscarrying frame consisting of two sidesupports, each side support comprising a lower horizontal end passingthrough the perforated guard or protector into the end of the baserail,a side rail, connected with the entering end and extending in reverserelation thereto, a covering extending from side rail to side rail ofthe mattress-frame and fixedly attached to the frame-rails, and amattress having the head-end corners thereof detachably connected to thecorners of the head end of the mattress-frame and having its body andfoot end loose on the covering and frame, substantially as described.

3. In -a cot or lounge, a base consisting of two side rails, cross-tieseach cross-tie having at each end a stem inserted into one of the siderails, a perforated guard or protector on the end of each side rail eachguard or protector being provided with a base or foot downwardlyextending therefrom, a mattress-carrying frame consisting of two sidesupports each side support provided with a backwardly-extending endpassing through one of the perforated guards or protectors into the endof the baserail and further provided with backwardly- 4 extending siderails connected with the entering ends, substantially as described.

t. In a cot or lounge in combination with a mattress-carrying frame, abase or support consisting of two side rails connected together 4 5 bycross-rails each of the cross-rails provided with a screw-threaded stempassing through the side rail, a nut on each stemcountersunk into theouter face of the side rail, guards or protectors one on each end ofeach rail the 5 forward guards or protectors being provided with holesin their front faces for the passing of the mattress-carrying frametherethrough, each guard or protector being provided with feetdownwardly extending therefrom and

